Printing-machine.



P. W. ADAMS.

PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAYZ?, 1911..

1,086,261 ,l Patented Feb. s, 1.914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1..

uLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 0., WASHINGTON. D, C.

P. W. ADAMS.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 277, 1911.

1,086,261. Patented Feb. 3, 1914` 2 SHEETS-SHBBT 2.

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FRANK WILLIAM ADAMS, OF EASTBOURNE, ENGLAND.

PRINTING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK WILLIAM ADAMS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Eastbourne, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Machines, of which the following is a specication.

The object of this invention is to construct a printing machine principally for use by drapers, grocers and others, whereby they can print their price tickets or other matter at home and in a quick and cheap manner.

My invention will be clearly understood from the following description aided by the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of the machine.V Fig. 3 is a plan of a modiied construction of the machine.

For the purpose of my invention I construct the machine with a iiat bed 1, having at its rear part a recessed portion in which are positioned gudgeons or eyes 2 for retaining a rod 3 and in the front portion of the bed is also a recess to receive a clip 4 which is pivoted to the sides of the bed at 5.

Around the rod 3, I pass a strip o-r strips of paper 6, the ends being brought under the clip 4 and into the recess in the front of the bed, and by pressing down t-he clip 4 into the recess which has a beveled wall, the paper 6 is held somewhat tightly stretched over the bed which latter thus forms the platen of the machine. On this platen I secure strips of card, or pins or other devices to form the lays or gages for positioning paper or card to be printed upon.

The front recessed portion is provided with adjustable screw pins 7.

At the rear edge of the bed 1, I position a hinge 8 with its pin slightly above or about level with the surface of the platen, this hinge carrying a board or plate 9 having a handle 10, and to one side of the board 9, I

secure a strip 10a having one edge 11 undercut, and I provide the board 9 with two slots 12 through which I pass screw rods 13 carrying a strip 14 having an undercut edge 15, this strip being on the same side of the board as the strip 102L and being held to the board in any adjusted position by the screw rods 13 and thumb screws 16.

The front portion of the board is provided with two depending studs or pins 17, these being coincident with the screws 7 and find a resting place thereon when the board 9 is in the position shown in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flled May 27, 1911.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

serial No. 629,760.

The type or printing blocks of rubber, lead, wood or other material either by themselves or already held in a chase are positioned between the two strips 10a, 14, and are held by the undercut edges 11 and 15.v

In use the board 9 is thrown back on'its hinge 8 and the type inked by hand with a roller, the paper or card to be printed upon is then placed on the platen and positioned properly against the lays, the board 9 is then brought over by its handle and the inked type pressed on the paper in the usual manner, the pins 17 resting upon the screws 7 which may be adjusted to provide for the required degree of pressure of the type or block on the paper or card.

In some cases I may desire to provide the bed 1, with an inking pad 18, in which case I make the bed 1 larger (see Fig. 3) and I hinge the board 9 to a separate piece or block 19, this block resting on the bed 1 and being pivoted thereto as at 20, the underside of the block 19 being provided with a curved slot 21 in which engages a pin 22 projecting from the bed, the pin 22 regulating the pivotal movement of the board 9 so that when the board 9 is in the position shown at Fig. 3, the type is in perfect register with the lays for printing, and by lifting the board on its hinges and moving it around at right angles the type can be pressed on the ink pad 18 for inking and then be returned for printing.

When ordinary metal type or blocks are being employed I place a sheet of india rubber on the base 1.

What I do claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a printing device of the character specified, the combination of a sheet-receiving bed; a hinged member movable in a. vertical plane toward and from said bed and formed with a pair of spaced, parallel slots; and a type holder arranged against the under face of said member and embodying ixed and movable strips disposed in spaced, parallel relation to each other and at right angles to said slots, the movable strip being provided with upstanding screw rods which project through said slots and carry terminalthumb nuts adapted to be tightened against the outer face of said member, to hold said movable strip in adjusted position with respecty to said iixed strip.

2. In a printing device of the character' specified, the combination of a bed provided with a sheet-receiving,` portion and with an inking pad arranged at points remote from each other; a pair of upstanding pins mounted upon said bed between said sheet-receiving portion and said pad; a block rotatably mounted upon one pin and formed with an arcuate slot through which the other pin projects; a member provided upon its under face with a type carried cooperative with said sheet-receiving portion and With said pad, said member being hinged to said block for movement therewith into position above either said sheet-receiving portion or said pad7 and for movement relative to said block in a vertical plane toward and from either said sheet-receiving portion or said pad; and a handle attached to said member for mov-1f ing it from one position to another.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 2o nesses.

FRANK VILLAM ADAMS.

Witnesses NAL O. BROWN, 7. RAMIREZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

